Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1895 — HEAD OF THE SYNDICATE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HEAD OF THE SYNDICATE.

John A. Stewart Organized the Purchase of the Recent Bond Issue. John A. Stewart, sponsor of a great syndicate, who organized the purchase of the most recent bond issue of $50,000,000,

is 72 years of age. His early education he received in the public schools of New York, and he was graduated from Columbia College when he was 18 years old. For ten years he was clerk of the New York Board of Education. Then he accepted a position as actuary of the United States

Lire insurance Association, with which he remained eleven years. In 1864 when Assistant United States Treasurer Cisco vacated the office, Mr. Stewart was chosen by President Lincoln to fill it, which he did, discharging his duties with skill and ability.- He has for many years been president of the United States Trust Company, and under his care the business of the company has grown to its present great proportions.

JOHN A. STEWART.